Seeing the boy suffering again, a small strand of pity started drilling its way into Bastian's heart. He started feeling guilty for what he had just done. After a while, the screams started lessening and Kenshin's movements gradually got less intense, until he became silent and absolutely still. Bastian crouched onto the ground, he was curious, he wanted to know how Kenshin would react to this little endeavour. Bastian's face hovered above Kenshin's face, observing every minute detail. Kenshin's eyes suddenly opened, with a violent movement, he stood up and started choking Bastian, hoisting the latter's body in midair. His eyes were filled with rage as he thought of what to say to the dangling Bastian. 'In this form they didn't need to breathe, so he was not really doing any harm to Bas

